Operation

See also: operation and opération

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔˌpəʁaˈt͡sioːn/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Hyphenation: Ope‧ra‧ti‧on

Noun

Operation f (genitive Operation, plural Operationen)

1. (surgery, military, mathematics, computer science) operation

Declension

Declension of Operation [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Operation	die	Operationen
genitive	einer	der	Operation	der	Operationen
dative	einer	der	Operation	den	Operationen
accusative	eine	die	Operation	die	Operationen

Synonyms

• (medicine): OP
• (military): Unternehmen

Hyponyms

• Bauchoperation, Gallenoperation, Gehirnoperation, Herzoperation, Knieoperation, Magenoperation
• Militäroperation
• Rechenoperation. Grundoperation. Umkehroperation. Gruppenoperation

Related terms

• Operationsbasis
• Operationsgebiet
• Operationsleiter
• Operationssaal
• Operationstisch
• Operationsverstärker

Further reading

• “Operation”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Operation” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Operation” in Duden online
• Operation on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de